Walkthrough
How Drone Matrix works
Follow the three-layer workflow and see Scan, Length and the FX Matrix in use.
BFractal Systems
DRONE MATRIX - For Ableton Live 12 Suite
DRONE MATRIX - For Ableton Live 12 Suite
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Includes 30 bonus sound sources and 10 bonus presets.
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Create the atmosphere your track needs. Drone Matrix is a three-layer instrument for Ableton Live 12 Suite. Build deep drones, evolving pads, cinematic beds, detailed textures and rhythmic pulses without leaving your session.
Start with 93 original audio sources. Body gives your sound weight and low-frequency depth. Grain brings organic detail from recordings of real-world objects and materials. Air adds lighter textures and vocal elements. Choose a different source for each layer, set its volume and pitch independently, or load your own samples into the instrument.
Most included sources run for around 16 seconds and hold far more than one static sound. Use Scan to explore a recording and choose the region you want to hear. Set Length to move from tiny fragments to longer passages. Shape the start of the sound with the global Attack control.
The FX Matrix adds movement, texture and space with chorus, flanger, erosion, distortion, low- and high-pass filters, pitch modulation, panning, pulse, delay and reverb. Two independent preset banks give you 20 instrument setups and 20 FX setups: 400 pairings to explore before you edit a control. Move Scan within a pairing and you can uncover a different texture again.
What is included
- Drone Matrix instrument and FX Matrix
- 93 original audio sources: 30 Body, 30 Grain and 33 Air
- 20 Drone Matrix presets and 20 FX Matrix presets
- Illustrated user manual and step-by-step video tutorial
Use the sounds you make in commercial tracks, soundtracks and your own sound products. The original included files cannot be redistributed in the form supplied; see the Drone Matrix licence for full terms.
Format and compatibility: Ableton Live Rack. Requires Ableton Live 12 Suite on macOS or Windows. Drag it into your Live project to start. Max for Live is included with Suite; no third-party plug-ins are required.
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Hear it in action.
Watch the walkthrough, then hear the presets in the sound demo.
Sound demo
Preset showcase
Hear different combinations of the instrument and FX preset banks.
01 / The sound engine
Build the sound in layers.
Start with three different kinds of material. Choose a source for each layer, then set its volume and pitch independently.
30sources
Foundation
Body
Deep, full-bodied atmospheres and powerful low frequencies give the sound weight.30sources
Texture
Grain
Recordings of objects and materials bring grit, detail and movement.33sources
Atmosphere
Air
Airy textures and vocal elements add space and contrast.Your samples belong here too. Load your own audio into the three layers and combine it with the included material.
02 / Shape and transform
Find more inside every source.
Most of the included recordings run for around 16 seconds. Scan moves through a recording; Length sets how much of the chosen region plays, from a small fragment to a longer passage.
Scan Select the regionLength Set its duration
The FX Matrix
Give the sound movement, colour and space.
Transform the three-layer mix with ten effects. Keep it subtle or push the controls until the source becomes something else.
TextureChorus · Flanger · Erosion · Distortion
MotionLP/HP filters · Pitch modulation · Panning · Pulse
SpaceDelay · Reverb
03 / Starting points
Two preset banks. More room to explore.
Choose one of 20 Drone Matrix instrument setups and pair it with one of 20 FX Matrix setups. Every control stays editable. Move Scan and the same pairing can reveal a different sound.
20 instrument×20 FX=400 combinations